Emergency raincoat



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O. W. JOHNSON ET AL EMERGENCY RAINcoAT Filed April 1l, 1927 `2 Sheets-Sheet 2 vPa1em 1-ltug- 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

OSCAR WALTER JOHNSON A ND CARL H. JOHNSON, Ol' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EMERGENCY BAINCOAT.

'Application April 11, 1927. Serial No. 182,812.

The invention aims to provide anew and improved raincoat which may be easily and inexpensively manufactured and hence sold atsmall cost, the device being in'most instances, made Vfrom waterproof paper, as it is intended to be' used once, incase Of emergency. and then discarded. f

liVith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in thenovel subject matter hereinafter described'and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing. f

Figs. 1 and 2 are front elevations showing the collar in two positions.

Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views illustrating a third position of the collar.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the coat is made.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but illustrating a slightly different construction.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 7 designates a sheet of desired material, such as waterproofed paper. Two notches 8 are formed-'in the upper end Of this i sheet 7, leaving ythree upstanding collar sections 9-.l0. Preferably, the bottom Of each notch 8, consists of.' two downwardly converging halves 11, while the opposed sides of each notch preferably converge upwardly, said sides being indicated at 12.

The sheet 7 is folded on two vertical lines 13 extending'to the points at which the downwardly converging halves 11 of the notch vbottoms meet each other, and said halves 11 of each notch bottom are secured together bysuitable means such as the stitching v14:, providing the shoulders fon the coat.l

Similarly, the'three collar sections 9 and `10 are secured tO each other Yby appropriate means, such as the stitching 14.', providing a complete collar.k After folding the sheet 7 on the lines 13, the stitching 14 may be done, after which the coat is turned inside out and the stitching 14 produced, leaving the shoulder seams on the innerside of the garment as will be clear from Figs.'1,f2, ,3 and4.- If desired, however, instead ofturning the garment after forming the stitching 13, this same stitching may be upwardly continued-sat 14n in Fig. 6, to unite the collarz sections 9 and 10. The two seams thus formed may be left either at the exterior of the at the interior thereof, ment inside out.

armeni'l or disposed y turning sai ga 'We provide an appropriate cord 15 which isvpreferably connected at 16 withthe back ofthe collar, and by tying this cord around the neck, as will be clear from Figs. 2, 3 and 6. the collar may be held snugly in place. This collar may then stand upright, similar to a slicker collar, as in Figs. 3, 4 and 6, or it- 1 may be turned down over the cord, as shown in Fig. 2. When the cord is not tied, the collar may be downwardly folded in a manner similar to an ordinary collar with lapels, as shown in Fig. 1.

The coat may be easily and inexpensively manufactured andhence may be sold at small cost. Thus, it may be advantageously sold at ball parks, amusement resorts and other .places of public gathering, in case of unexpected rainfall. In such emergency, the garment will afford effective protection, even though -it maybe constructed from paper treated with'oil or in some other way, to render it waterproof.

1. An emergency raincoat comprising a sheet having two spaced notches in its upper lend, leaving three collar sections at said end, the sheet being folded on vertical lines 1ntersecting the centers of the notch bottoms,

means'securing the two halves of each-notch bottom together to form the. shoulders of. the coat, and'lmeans securing sald collar sections together to provide a complete collar.

2. An emergency raincoat comprising'a sheet having two spaced notches in its upper end, leaving three collar sections at'said end, the bottoms of said notches each conslstmg of two downwardly converging halves, said sheet being folded on vertical lines at the meetin points of said converging halves of the notc bottoms, means securing said halves of each notch bottom together to provide the two shoulders of the coat, and means securing said collarsections togetherI to form a complete collar.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1; together with a cord; attached at its .central portionto the back of the collar, sa1d cord when tied around :the neck, serving to ,hold the collar snugly in place.

In testimony whereof we fixed oursigna'tures.

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